Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Senior Occupational therapist

Band 6

We are looking for a keen OT to join our Acute Therapy Team. The team consists of Occupational Therapy,  Speech and Language Therapy and  Physiotherapy staff. There are rotations through  medicine, elderly care, surgery and orthopaedics providing a wide variety of experience within the acute wards.  Supervision and support is provided by the Band 7 Occupational therapist.

Interview date TBC

Main duties of the job

• To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• To provide leadership for junior staff through supervision, competencies and appraisal
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the trust Therapy service
• To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on practice placements
• To participate in the rotations as assigned by your manager

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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